(Lanka-e-News- 23.March.2015 -4.30PM) Following an unprecedented turn of events , for the first time in the history of Sri Lanka (SL) the two main political parties , the UNP and SLFP formed a national government yesterday with ministerial portfolios shared between them. The SLFP secured 11 new ministers , 10 deputy ministers and 5 State ministers (total of 26) , and these ministers were sworn in before the president Maithripala Sirisena :
The new ministers of the Cabinet are :
A.H.M. Fowzie – minister of disaster management
S.B. Nawinna – minister of labor
Piyasena Gamage – minister of skills development and vocational training
Sarath Amunugama –minister of Higher education and research
S B Dissanayake – village economic affairs
Janaka Bandara Tennekoon – provincial and local councils development
Felix Perera – special projects
Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena – parliamentary affairs
Reginald Cooray –aviation service
Vijitha Vijayamuni Soysa –Irrigation
Mahinda Amaraweera – fisheries
New deputy ministers are :
Tissa Karaliyadda – Buddha Sasana and democratic governance
Dayasri Tissera –fisheries
Ranjith Siyambalapitiya – internal affairs
Lakshman Senevirathne – disaster management
Lakshman Yapa Abeywardena – aviation services
Lalith Dissanayake –irrigation
Jagath Pushpakumara –plantation Industries
Lasntha Alagiyawanna Sudharshani - village economic affairs
Sudharshani Fernandopulle -Higher education and research
Media – Shantha Bandara
New State ministers
Pavithradevi Wanniarachi –Environment
Jeewan Kumaratunge – Labor
Mahinda Samarasinghe –finance
C.B. Rathnayake –administration and democratic governance
Dilan Perera –Housing and samurdhi
Though the election promise originally of the new government was to confine the ministerial portfolios to 25 , the interim government was stymied in its efforts to get the promised constitutional amendment passed in parliament beneficial to the country. Consequently the necessity arose to lure the opposition via swelling the Cabinet with more ministers ,but in the proposed new constitution how many should be included is stipulated
No matter what , the inevitable necessity arising to increase the ministerial portfolios to pass the new constitution only goes to demonstrate beyond any trace of doubt that the modern politicians of SL are a breed while parading as people’s representatives are only serving their own personal agendas , and selfish self centered ambitions which are masquerading as national interests ,unconscientiously duping the gullible voters.
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by (2015-03-23 11:30:22)
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